EMBRYOLOGY
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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pharynx
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larynx
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trachea
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cilia
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Detailed explanation-1: -The LARYNX (voice box) contains your vocal cords. When moving air is breathed in and out, it creates voice sounds.
Detailed explanation-2: -During sound production, the vocal cords close together and vibrate as air expelled from the lungs passes between them. The false vocal cords have no role in sound production, but help close off the larynx when food is swallowed. The thyroid cartilage is the Adam’s apple.
Detailed explanation-3: -(LAYR-inx) The area of the throat containing the vocal cords and used for breathing, swallowing, and talking. Also called voice box.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pharynx-is the muscle-lined space that connects the nose and mouth to the larynx and esophagus (eating tube). Larynx-also known as the voice box, the larynx is a cylindrical grouping of cartilages, muscles and soft tissue that contains the vocal cords.